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711. Behavioral Health Integration into Primary Care - Resources
Date: Mar 2018

Profile of a rural health system, Western Wisconsin Health (WWH), and its work to deliver behavioral health services. Provides an overview of how behavioral health providers and services were integrated with primary care, with a change to focus on whole-person care. Includes information on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for the behavioral health services provided at WWH's Rural Health Clinic. Discusses how WWH behavioral health providers offer telehealth services to other rural areas of Wisconsin.

...telehealth services to other rural areas of Wisconsin. --- Behavioral Health Integration into Primary Care Profile...

712. Addressing the Impact of Rural Hospital Closures on Maternal and Infant Health - Resources
Date: Jun 2023

Blog post discussing the impact of rural hospital closures on rural maternal and infant health outcomes. Identifies risk-appropriate strategies to ensure the provision of maternal and infant healthcare at facilities that best meet each individual's level of health risk. Covers birthing centers, hub-and-spoke models, and telehealth models to preserve access to care.

...telehealth models to preserve access to care. --- Addressing the Impact of Rural Hospital Closures on Maternal...

713. Full Committee Oversight Hearing: "Rural Access: Is VA Meeting All Veterans Where They Live?" - Resources
Date: Jan 2024

The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs full committee oversight hearing discusses rural veteran's access to healthcare through the VA. Features a discussion of the VA's role as both a healthcare provider and a payer via its Community Care Program. Highlights technological challenges related to telehealth, such as lack of broadband connections and technological literacy of older veterans. Presents testimony from the VA, the Government Accountability Office, the Navajo Nation, and veteran advocacy groups, among others.

...telehealth, such as lack of broadband connections and technological literacy of older veterans. Presents testimony...

714. Mobility & Aging in Rural America: The Role for Innovation: An Introduction for Funders - Resources
Date: May 2018

Outlines challenges facing older people, people with disabilities, and people in areas with few mobility options. Includes a section on funding strategies for rural transit. Describes successful programs, defines mobility as a social determinant of health, and explores approaches for improvement, including new partnerships with healthcare providers and telehealth.

...telehealth. --- Mobility & Aging in Rural America: The Role for Innovation: An Introduction for Funders Outlines...

715. Pharmacist-Led Chronic Care Management for Medically Underserved Rural Populations in Florida During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Jul 2020

Describes how ambulatory care pharmacists and student pharmacists are implementing telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide chronic care management to underserved, rural communities in Florida. Discusses implications for public health.

...telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide chronic care management to underserved, rural communities...

716. The Universal Service Fund and COVID-19: The FCC and Industry Response - Resources
Date: Jun 2020

An overview of three Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Universal Service Fund programs and actions taken through these programs in response to COVID-19. Describes the steps taken through the Rural Health Care Program to promote access to telehealth services during the public health emergency.

...telehealth services during the public health emergency. --- The Universal Service Fund and COVID-19: The FCC and Industry...

717. Learning From COVID-19-Related Flexibilities: Moving Toward More Person-Centered Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Resources
Date: Mar 2022

Presents a person-centered framework to facilitate policymakers' decisions regarding the future of COVID-19-related temporary regulatory flexibilities. Identifies priority flexibilities that should be considered for permanence, modification, or further evaluation. Covers regulatory flexibilities regarding telehealth, scope of practice, Medicare Advantage requirements, and more. Includes rural references throughout.

...telehealth, scope of practice, Medicare Advantage requirements, and more. Includes rural references throughout. --- Learning From...

718. Project ECHO's Complex Care Initiative: Building Capacity to Help "Superutilizers" in Underserved Communities - Resources
Date: Aug 2016

Describes a case study from the University of New Mexico's Project ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) program, which uses telehealth to support primary care clinicians in underserved areas. Focuses on a project targeting Medicaid beneficiaries with substance abuse and mental health issues, with details on two primary care teams being supported, including one in a rural New Mexico community.

...telehealth to support primary care clinicians in underserved areas. Focuses on a project targeting Medicaid...

719. Oral Health Value-Based Care - The Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Story - Resources
Date: Aug 2020

Explores the role Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) play in providing oral healthcare through integration and how FQHCs used technology and flexible workforce modeling to provide care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Analyzes data from the IBM Watson MarketScan Multi-State Database, the Health Resources and Services Administration Uniform Data System, and a survey of participants of the safety net technical assistance program to evaluate health outcomes and service provision of FQHC patients versus non-FQHC patients. Discusses how value-based payment models can effect health outcomes and how FQHCs used telehealth to reach rural and underserved populations during the pandemic.

...telehealth to reach rural and underserved populations during the pandemic. --- Oral Health Value-Based Care...

720. Transforming Health Care from the Ground Up - Resources
Date: 2018

Describes two examples of innovation driven by doctors, nurses, administrators, entrepreneurs, and patients involving a major transformation of healthcare delivery. One example was an initiative developed through the University of Mississippi Medical Center where a telehealth network was created to increase patient access to care in rural areas with a focus on Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).

...telehealth network was created to increase patient access to care in rural areas with a focus...